Open Questions For The Smarandache Function Mihaly Bencze Brasov, Romania Let Sen) be the Smarandache function. I propose the following open questions: 1) Solve the following equation in integers:
2) Solve the following equation in integers:
3) Solve the following equation in integers:
S(d(n) + cr(n» = d(S(n» + cr(S(n».
4) Solve the following equation in integers:
S(a*d(n) + b*cr(n) + c*€j>(n) + d*\jJ(n»
=
a*d(S(n» + b*cr(S(n» + c*cp(S(n» + d*\jJ(S(n».
5) Solve the following equation in integers: n
n
II S(k)*~(n) k=l
6) Solve the following equation in integers:
± S{l) ± S(2) ± ... ± Sen) = H(n(n+ 1»/2). 7) Solve the following equation in integers:
8) Solve the following equation in integers:
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S( ± ~(1) ± ~(2) ± ... ± ~n»
= S(~«n(n+ 1»/2).
9) Solve the following equation in integers: S(± d(1) ± d(2) ± ... ± den) ) = S( d«n(n+ 1»/2).
10) Solve the following equation in integers: S(± 0'(1) ± 0'(2) ± ... ± O'(n» = S(cr(n(n+ 1»)/2). 11) Solve the following equation in integers:
1
1
+ S(1)
+
n
+
S(2)
Sen)
S«n(n+ 1»/2)
12) Solve the following equation in integers: S(1 *2) + S(2*3) + ... + S(n(n+ 1»
=
S«n(n+ 1)(n+2»/3).
13. Let uk(n) be the first k digits ofn and ~p(n) the last p digits ofn. Determine all integer 5-tuples (n,m,r,k,p) for which:
and
14) Determine all integer 5-tuples (n,m,r,k,p) for which:
and
15) Determine all integer pairs (n,k) for which:
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16) Detennine all integer pairs (o,p) for which:
17) Find all integer pairs (o,k) such that
18) Find all integer pairs (n,p) such that
19) Let Pn be the n-th prime number. Detennine all integer triples (n,k,p) for which
and
20) Find all integer pairs (a,b) such that
a*S(b) + h*S(a)
a+b
21) Solve the following in integers: ±S(cr(l»±S(cr(2»± .. ±S(cr(n» = ±cr(±S(1)±S(2)± ... ±S(n». 22) Solve the following in integers: Uk(n) = Sen)
and
~p(n) =
Sen).
23) Solve the following in integers: Uk(n!) = SCm) and ~Vn!) = SCm).
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